Pippin's Question Box

Why do people look up at the ceiling when they think? Best
People always look up at the ceiling when they think so they won't get distracted while they're trying to think peacefully. When thinking, you don't want to be distracted, and we all know that people get distracted really easily. When I went to this site, I had to agree with their thinking. When you look up and stare up at the blank ceiling, it's a lot more peaceful and less distracting. So when you look up when you think, I think you have less chance of getting distracted than someone that doesn't look up when they are trying to think.

Pippin's Question Box

How do icicles form? Best

From what I learned from this site, this is how icicles form: First of all, for all the people that don't already know, an icicle is a spike of ice that is formed when water dripping or falling from something freezes. Mostly, they are formed when either ice or snow is melted by sunlight or any other kind of heat source. This melted water runs in an area where the temperature is below 32 degrees Fahrenheit(0 degrees Celsius). This causes the water to once again freeze. In the future, any more water runoff will cause the icicle to grow more and more. This is how an icicle is formed.

Lit: 5 Fables

I think that the maxim/moral of The Wolf in the Sheep's Clothing is that appearances can be misleading and deceiving. By this, I mean that if the poor lamb hadn't thought that the wolf was his mother as it was dressed in her clothing, it wouldn't have ever followed the wolf and been eaten.

Next, I think the moral of The Four Oxen and the Lion is that united we stand and dividing we fall. When the oxen were together, they were able to defend themselves more properly because they could cooperate and work together. But when they had a fight, they separated and then the lion could easily kill them because they were alone and a lot weaker than if they were together.

The maxim of The Fisher and the Little Fish is that you should take what you get and be happy with what you have. In this case, the fisher should be grateful that at least he got one fish, though small, and be happy about it. If he let it go just so he could catch a bigger fish, and then he didn't catch another bigger fish, he would have nothing, not even the little fish, which is why I think the maxim of this story is that you should be happy with what you have.

The moral of The Crow and the Pitcher is that where there's a will, there's a way. Instead of giving up when the crow found he could not reach the water, he just kept trying and trying and was very persistent. If he wasn't, he would have probably given up and left, still thirsty. The crow just kept trying until he achieved his goal: to reach the water and drink it, which is why I think where there's a will, there's a way is the moral of the story.

Last but not least, the maxim of The Fox and the Goat is that you should look and think twice before doing something. You should also think and consider your idea before making a quick and hasty decision. If the goat hadn't made such a quick and hasty decision, she would have realized how stupid she was for jumping in a well just because a fox said so.